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[fatal3rror]

Hi

Moving to Oz later in the year and was wondering if there is a PH equivalent down under?

[fatal3rror]

Yep, I have heard good things about the car culture. Moving to Melbourne.

Whereabouts are you? How has your experience been?

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Gingerbread Man said:

Bringing the 7?

That's the plan! Was half thinking if it would be worth the hassle but the more I look into it, the answer seems to be in the affirmative.

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Gingerbread Man said:

Unfortunately mine gets so little use with a young family and a house renovation. I use a van daily so can't even commute in it.

I have thought about this. The first couple of years - we would want to explore the country/beyond and getting out and about, so maybe blatting in a 7 won’t be top of the list.

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forzaminardi said:

We're in Melbourne too - living in Bundoora. Great place to live, we love it in the main.

If you have a car that's meaningful to you or valuable, it's worth bringing it. Paperwork isn't too bad from what I can see, and shipping companies can handle it for you. The price of cars here means that it's worthwhile here for even pretty modest cars. It would have been cheaper, for example, to bring our car from the UK than it was to buy a worse car here!

Nice one - really excited about the move.

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hman said:

I’m ex UK live in melbourne and whilst the car scene is vibrant it’s basically Ford/ Holden vs anything Japanese.

There’s a couple of lotus’s here and about 1 TVR - but the 4x4 scene here is huge.

Basically anything exotic is few and far between due to the luxury car tax making them incredibly expensive.

I looked into bringing our fairly normal cars with us but you end up with a grey import so they are worth less than the correctly imported cars (with the import plate affixed to the b pillar) and an MPH speedo in a state where going more than 4kmh over the limit can get you a fine - not easy unless you have gps or a digital display to get that margin of accuracy!!

I get it with a 7 though, you would struggle to find one over here for less than absurd money and they are free and far between.

Anyway - there’s some good roads out north of melbourne (Healesville, Warburton, reefton, mt Dandenong) which are good on a bike so will be good in a 7. Just watch for cops, they literally hide in the hedges!! - get Waze and use it....

Awesome, some great insight there. Perhaps a KMPH speedo before shipping the car across may not be a bad idea!

Yeah I use bike apps to find a good route for the 7, so sounds advice. I have an Elan +2 as well but not sure about bringing two cars across, so it would have to be the 7 between the two.

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auyt said:

I am waiting to collect a Ginetta I bought in from the UK.
Have you looked into what is required? There is a bit involved, like import approval, asbestos free certification and how you are getting it here.
I used David at https://www.survey-services.co.uk/services/asbesto...
For the asbestos certification.
I used Dominic from personal Import he does more than cars very up front and good to deal with.
https://www.personalimport.com.au/

I have a approached a few agents but will drop Dominic a line as well.

Given my 7 was manufactured in 2002, one would hope that asbestos is not an issue!

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suthol said:

For all things 7 join Ozclubbies.com.au there are very active groups in each of the state's and a formal national gathering every 2 years, informal larger gatherings every 6 months or so and runs most weekends.

I know the admin ;-)

Already on it, it's been really helpful already!